the Jesus Lizard "Alexis Feels Sick"
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Published 2024-07-10
Video created by David Yow
Inspired by Girls Against Boys/Soulside drummer Alexis Fleisig’s guarded opinion of modern life, the four-and-a-half-minute track is met with an esoteric, David Yow created video. Yow shares insight into the concept behind the clip: "The ‘Alexis Feels Sick’ video is a disgusting and comically impressionistic portrait of American Late Stage Capitalism… with some doggies.” Duane Denison adds that it’s a “study in greed, gluttony, and… dogs.”
“Hide & Seek” ( • the Jesus Lizard "Hide & Seek" (pre-o... ), the first taste from the 11-song album, was described by Yow as “a perky ditty about a witch who can’t behave, and it’s got nearly as many hooks as a Mike Tyson fight.” The video captures the band - Mac McNeilly, David Wm. Sims, Denison and Yow – recording Rack with Producer Paul Allen at Nashville’s Audio Eagle Studio.
the Jesus Lizard reconvened in 2009 for a limited number of shows and have maintained their bond both as friends in close contact with one another, and touring bandmates. “We literally only made the record because we thought it would be fun to make the record,” says Sims. With McNeilly highlighting the strong relationship amongst the musicians: “We are bonded by the music we make, and also by the respect we have for each other.”
The band also recently announced a number of tour dates, stretching into 2025
September 7 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Music Festival
September 26 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s - NEW DATE
September 28 Chicago, IL Warm Love Cool Dreams
October 13 Las Vegas, NV Best Friends Forever Music Festival
October 31 Dallas, TX Longhorn Ballroom
November 1 Austin, TX Levitation / The Far Out Lounge
December 9 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
December 11 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel
December 12 Boston, MA Roadrunner
December 13 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
December 14 Washington, DC Black Cat - SOLD OUT
December 15 Washington, DC Black Cat
December 18 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
January 7 Glasgow, UK QMU
January 8 Manchester, UK Academy 2
January 9 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club - SOLD OUT
January 10 Bristol, UK The Fleece - SOLD OUT
January 11 London, UK Electric Ballroom - SOLD OUT
January 12 Brighton, UK Concorde 2
January 14 Belfast, UK The Limelight
January 15 Dublin, IE Button Factory - SOLD OUT
January 16 Dublin, IE Button Factory - NEW DATE
May 2 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up Tavern
May 3 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre
May 5 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
May 8 Portland, OR Revolution Hall
May 10 Seattle, WA Neptune Theatre - SOLD OUT
May 11 Seattle, WA Neptune Theatre - NEW DATE
Tickets for all shows are on-sale now, with ticketing links available via Ipecac.com/tours.
Rack track list:
1. Hide & Seek
2. Armistice Day
3. Grind
4. What If?
5. Lord Godiva
6. Alexis Feels Sick
7. Falling Down
8. Dunning Kruger
9. Moto(R)
10. Is That Your Hand?
11. Swan The Dog
Since their inception in Chicago in 1987, the Jesus Lizard has thrilled audiences all over the planet. The impeccable rocket-thrust rhythm section of bassist David Wm. Sims and drummer Mac McNeilly was the perfect launchpad for guitarist Duane Denison’s jagged yet clean-toned riffing and vocalist David Yow’s mercurial vocalizations manifesting as everything from panicked citizen, reality escapee or wounded sea mammal. The Jesus Lizard’s fury has carried on through six studio albums, two live recordings and a brace of singles and EPs, with the band’s seventh album, Rack, out this Fall via Ipecac Recordings.
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All Comments (21)
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Albini laughs in hell.
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The Jesus Fucking Lizard! What a band. Saw them at Roskilde 1997. One of the greatest gigs I have ever been. I met David Yow when he fronted Flipper. Mike Watt was on bass and Steve DePace invited us to backstage where I met everybody. David was so cool to talk with! He did remember that Roskilde gig. TJL rules!
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So good to hear Duane playing again
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Incredible song, they still got it. Can't wait for the album and tour!!! 🤘🤘🤘
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❤ alive and kicking :-) respect! can't wait for the full Album... and see you live of course 🤘🏻
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these new tunes sound like sequels, I'm into it.
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This sounds like prime Goat/Liar era Yow. Amazing. Great vocal work by Yow.
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Awesome song, awful AI video
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Noise Rock still going strong on 2024, let's go
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this album is going to be fucking sick
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Nice. Looking forward to the record!
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Impressive as always
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love it. has a real Chrome vibe.
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enamored and repulsed all at once TJL are BACK
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When the machine have taken over and art is dying what do you do? You fucking make art.
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Damn. You guys sound really good. Congratulations.
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This video makes me fee-e-E-e-EE-eee-E-eeeeel sick.
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This carries EVERY IOTA of what this band has always sounded and felt like to me... I've seen them and SA live and it was so much fun and this brings me back to those days...I needed this👍🏻🙏🏻 rock on, mouth breathers🤘🏻🤟🏻
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so awesome
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This song is real good. Reminds me of DOWN era JL. Though I heard Yow hated that record. I still love it.
